Word: cortinas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Ford of West Germany's Taunus 12M is the Teutonic version of the Cardinal, the small car which Ford originally intended to produce in the U.S. as well. The 12M has a V-4 engine that drives the front wheels. Price: $1,500. > Ford of Britain's Cortina, the conservative British version of the Cardinal, has conventional rear-wheel drive, a top speed of 77 m.p.h., and costs $1,600. >West Germany's Opel Kadett, General Motor's newest European entry, features a roomy interior and trunk, is practically indistinguishable from the R-8 or Giulia...
Sibling Rivalries. Along with Chrysler, both the other members of the Big Three were handing out pretty pictures last week. Ford's offering was the British-made CONSUL CORTINA, which is another version of the Cardinal, the compact compact that Ford spent two years developing. Unlike the German version, which has front-wheel drive and was shown fort night ago, the Cortina has conventional rear-wheel drive and will be sold in the U.S. for about...
...Alps, was noted mainly for a helter-skelter skiing style that neatly matched his nickname: "Cyc," for cyclone. But last week Cyc Ferries was the sensation of the 1962 season. He had scored successive slalom victories at Austria's Kitzbühel and Italy's Cortina d'Ampezzo, was a solid favorite to capture the slalom again this week at the Fédération Internationale de Ski (F.I.S.) world championships in Chamonix, France...
...ranked eighth in the slalom after a mediocre 77.2-sec. first pass at the course. On his second run, Ferries clocked a sizzling 69.7 sec.-fastest time of the day-to eke out a .7-sec. victory over France's Périllat. Last week at Cortina, he picked up 1.4 sec. on his second pass, beat France's Charles Bozon by .4 sec. Said Ferries: "At the very least, you have to be confident...
Married. Carol Heiss, 20, women's figure-skating champion in the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, Calif.; and Hayes Alan Jenkins, 27, an Akron lawyer, and men's figure-skating champion in the 1956 Olympics at Cortina, Italy; in St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Manhattan...